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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “towline” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
towline10291154(None) 
bowline123613111bowline
topline92313181topline
towlines112610341towlines
bowlike16349472bowlike
bowlines133211622bowlines
bowling133916492bowling
cowling134017422cowling
fowling143713112fowling
hotline10712352hotline
howling143413162howling
jawline17137062jawline
lowlife1335142lowlife
moline84422032mo_line
online6315842_online
potline91015232potline
tagline82412452tagline
toelike11149822toelike
toiling83219022toiling
tolane64316582to_lane
toling73926122to_ling
tolling83418562tolling
tontine72316142tontine
tooling82918312tooling
toplines102412562toplines
toweling122910372toweling
towie85821872tow_i_e
towing103823192tow_ing
townie93312302towni_e
towplane1345312towplane
toxine133114122to_xine
toylike14157242toylike
trotline8310022trotline
twine85822362t_w_ine
yowling143610222yowling

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671353.00035890.3
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.37352976.9
 
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